Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-05-19

county, nave nade tne county cOmmlS-
sioners an offer to raise $4,000, in ad-
dition to the $4,000 already raised. as a
court house fund in case the county
would donate 1000 and put up $1O,-
600 building. The proposition was ac-
cepted, and Commissioners Bushell
and Tuthill were appointed to superin.
tend the work of building.
AMONG THE FARMERS.
Last seasons potatoes have gone up
to ten cents q pound in the retail
market of Deadwood.
In Miner county crops of all kinds
are booming, the farmers hardly take
time to eat and sleep, work is pressing
them so.
In Lake county there will be larger
acreage of flax this year than usual
owing to the lateness of the season and
to the remarkable low price of wheat
for the past year.
The wheat acreage of the Territory
shows an increase generally of 5 to 10
percent. Only one county Beadle)
reports decrease and here barley, rye
and oats have been largely increased,
the latter by so per cent. Grant is the
only Dakota county reported to be as
much as ten days late in seeding. The
others have been rather earlier than
usual
COMING EVENTS.
Tho Goth, anniversary of the I. O.
0. F., viii be held at Huron.
The fifth annual meeting of the Brule
county Sunday school association will
be held in the NJ. E. church at Kimhall
on the 18th and 18th of may
Aberdeenis making extensive prepar-
ations to oh serve decoration day, ,on the
30th inst, and has invited several Grand
Army posts to JOIN in the solemnities
of the day.
One of the well known law firm of
Arctander Bros, of Minneapolis, has
been secured to deliver the Grafton at
Brookings Gn Norwegian) on the 18th
of May. Prof. Updyke, of the college,
will speak in English.
Territorial Treasurer Raymond has
sold s35,0 of Dakota four and one
half per cent bonds for one per cent
premium. In June $74O,OO0 worth
of territorial bonds are to be sold and
it is expected that they will go above
par.
PICK-uPs.
A pottery is being built at Rapid City.
Iroquois post G. A. r. gave an enter
tainment at the rink for the purpose Of
raising money towards the Grant monu-
ment fund.
The new steamer is expected at Madi-
son this week and will be launched at
once. The Lake Park hotel is doing a
fine business.
The Chicago and Northwestern rail
way have completed the work of hang
ing an additional wire between Huron
and Redfeld.
A number of cases of measles among
the children in the vicinity Of
Blindsmound postofiice, Moody county,
are reported.
In the vicinity of Blunt are three gas
wells, two of which are used by their
owners for heating and lighting pur-
poses. Natural gas in Hughes and
Sally counties is reported III bountiful
quantities.
John Sullivan q Milwaukee freight
brakeman, is in Jail at Mitchell for rob-
bing German emigrant asleep in the
depot OF $45 and ticket to Ipswich.
BY the terms of its contract with the
electric light company Bismarck is to
take Observation-Disclosures
are lights for streets, at daily cost OF
fifty cents each, without other addition.
al expense.
The Dcadwood Herald charges tina.
trustees OF the school of mines aim at
diverting the appropriation for the
school of mines to tho purpose of build
ing smelter at Rapid City. and calls
on Gcvenor Church to interpose and
stop it.
The wholesale and retail Aberdeen
firm of Hicks, Trask & Co. who a few
weeks ago assigned, have been again
given possession of livestock, all thecredi-
tors being paid dollar for dollar. and the
sheriff's itemizca accounts showino
assests of $4,000 in excess of the liabif,
ties. 80
Theodore Roberts. Of Kimball, died
at Bridgcwater Wednesday, after a very
brief sickness. and his remains were
shipped to Kimball for burial. A post
mortemexamination revealed displace-
ment OF The intestines. It is thought
that the displacement was produced by
jumping.
A party of surveyors in the employ Of
the Chicago 4 Northwestern railroad
company are doing some work at Brook
IN 6. and il is reported that Brookingu
Is !" be made the end of the Redfield d.
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